What a munchkin! Big brown eyes More photos available. Charity is a beautiful girl with Down syndrome. She was born with a heart condition, but has had corrective surgery and is healthy and doing well now. She is still crawling, and will greatly benefit from a loving family to encourage her development!!

Update, Sept 2011: Charity isn't walking yet, but she can stand on her own. She has pretty normal development for a child with Down syndrome. Everyone in the orphanage loves her, because she is so loving and affectionate.

Monday, October 10, 2011

so, we had NO children from 6-10pm! Whoo-Hoo!!!
Toma was Tweedle Dee...odd, I know, but it was cute and NOT scary. But I have to say it was SO tight that he had the mother of all wedgies by the time he got home!

Alex wasn't too hip on the idea of a party without mama ;)

Scary Summer is all set to go!

Michael the Alien ( I have a thing about aliens...total creep out) but he wanted to be it.

And finally, my little pirate looks so much better with his beard...and hearing there was going to be candy at the party ;)

Thursday, October 6, 2011

and yes, he's using a snow shovel instead of a rake...and yes, we are Polish ;)

Summer loves our sweet guy Jake...

He's such a good dog :) Goldens are the BEST family dogs.

Toma did NOT like the leaves....

goofing around....

My michael <3

Alex got an owie....and is being a goofball...

he has the silliest faces....

wouldn't it be wonderful if they tree STAYED this pretty!

he's exhausted after all that raking...I mean, shoveling...

Alex being a goof again, and Toma wanting OUT of the leaf pile....

yes, the boys are fighting...and Toma is crying...but Summer is always ready for a picture!

Toma is rather good at whittling ;) He'd MUCH rather sit and do this than touch those nasty leaves.

ok...there's a story behind this picture...Summer was wearing this dress the other day and the (nasty) neighborhood kids were teasing her..saying it was an old grandma dress. She came in crying :( So, I took this picture to show her how pretty she looked :)

Another story here too....See the little thing in the corner of the window above our front door?? It's a baby mouse!!!
So, of course, we had to catch it and bring it in the house....

And feed it everything we could think of....
only problem was...when Summer turned her back to get it a bowl of water....it DISAPPEARED!!! IN MY KITCHEN.
Sigh.
I haven't seen it since...but we do have 5 cats....need I say more...??? :( :( :(

Walk to FREEDOM........Gotcha Day!

our first meeting

About Me

Jacee Badeaux

This is what I feel like most days...

Our gang of 'mixed nuts'

Here's our family...(I'm personally a pecan, probably with glaze). But there *may* be some peanuts in the bunch, and they know who they are!

Artiom was adopted in the spring of 2010 from Ukraine.

referral picture

Artiom was born with Goldenhar Syndrome.

Artiom at Coldstone

Papa's boy

Me and Artiom

Alex

4 yrs old

Summer

7 yrs old

Artiom

7 yrs old

Michael

9 yrs old

Our 3 oldest, Ashley, Shane and Lindsey

18,19 and 22 yrs old

Mackenzie

4 yrs old

My handsome husband

Me

Gramps

I don't know...like 100 yrs old

sneaky Kristin kissing my Alexander in Ukraine and he seems to LIKE it!

grrrrrrrrrr.......

me at Rambo's house in Ukraine

Ukrainian Cossacks

This is me and Gretchen talking about Kristin :) :)

me and Jacee...gotta love it!

Remembering Ollie...

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.

The band 'The Killers' came to visit Oliver(click to watch Killers video)

Artiom in the orphanage

“My friends, adoption is redemption. It’s costly, exhausting, expensive, and outrageous. Buying back lives costs so much. When God set out to redeem us, it killed Him.” -- Derek Loux